diff --git a/packages/compress/lzo/package.mk b/packages/compress/lzo/package.mk
index b93c66bdf3..6a5d517e6c 100644
--- a/packages/compress/lzo/package.mk
+++ b/packages/compress/lzo/package.mk
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="LZO is a data compression library which is suitable for data de-/c
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="--disable-shared --enable-static"
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-shared --enable-static"